System and methods for scheduling manufacturing resources
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1. A system for generating and selecting a planning route and selecting scheduling opportunities according to the selected route, comprising:
- means for defining resources;
means for receiving an order having an objective;
means for generating a production method based on said objective and said defined resources;
means for generating routes based on said production method; and
means for selecting one of said routes and scheduling opportunities based on a scheduling goal and a routing goal.
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Abstract
A system and method for scheduling manufacturing resources based on user defined scheduling and routing goals. Attributes and constraints may be assigned to manufacturing resources and SKUs that facilitates the planning and scheduling of the resources. Resource transitions may be restricted only to desirable transition by using product wheels. Excess work-in-process may be minimized by scheduling orders that consume the excess work-in-process.
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64 Claims
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1. A system for generating and selecting a planning route and selecting scheduling opportunities according to the selected route, comprising:
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means for defining resources;
means for receiving an order having an objective;
means for generating a production method based on said objective and said defined resources;
means for generating routes based on said production method; and
means for selecting one of said routes and scheduling opportunities based on a scheduling goal and a routing goal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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17. A system for generating and selecting a planning route and selecting scheduling opportunities according to the selected route, comprising:
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a database storing manufacturing data and receiving and storing an order, wherein said order having an objective;
a modeling module which defines resources;
a production method module which generates a production method based on said objective and said defined resources;
a routing module which generates routes based on said production method; and
a scheduling manager module which selects one of said routes and scheduling opportunities based on a scheduling goal and a routing goal.
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33. A method for generating and selecting a planning route and selecting scheduling opportunities according to the selected route, comprising the steps:
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defining resources;
receiving an order having an objective;
generating a production method based on said objective and said defined resources;
generating routes based on said production method; and
selecting one of said routes and scheduling opportunities based on a scheduling goal and a routing goal. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 56, 63, 64)
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49. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform the steps of generating and selecting a planning route and selecting scheduling opportunities according to the selected route, comprising the steps:
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defining resources;
receiving an order having an objective;
generating a production method based on said objective and said defined resources;
generating routes based on said production method; and
selecting one of said routes and scheduling opportunities based on a scheduling goal and a routing goal.
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- 53. The program storage device of 49, further comprising the step of creating a product wheel.
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